Good e-Reader - Friday, August 21, 2020 at 5:33 PM
Amazon upgrades to Fire OS 7 on Fire HD 8, HD 7, and Fire 7
Amazon has just issued an Operating system update for the 2018 Fire HD 8, 2017
Fire HD 7, and entry level Fire 7 that came out in 2019. It upgrades to Fire OS
7, which is based on Android 9. Amazon hardly ever supports their older
tablets, so this gives them a second life.
Should you get your tablet updated to Fire OS 7 you’ll now get support for
Picture-in-Picture videos, increased app permission controls, hopefully boosted
battery performance, plus a ton more on top. One of main benefits is that the
new OS will have support for newer and modern apps, that need different API
calls. The previous version of Fire OS 6, was based on Android 7.1, which is
pretty ancient by today’s standards for a tablet.
Amazon is slowly pushing out the update. If you simply can’t wait, you can
mosey on over to the Fire Tablet Software Updates
page<https://amzn.to/2FEKRCF> for your specific device.
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